In 1945, the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki became the first and last victims of the atom bomb, probably the most damaging man-made force our planet has ever known. Or were they just the most recent in an extended line of Armageddon-level events? Is it possible our civilization is normally, in reality, just one of many? Did earlier cultures blossom, develop, and thrive, and then destroy themselves, tens or thousands of years ago, using the same atomic technology?

These are the controversial and thought-provoking queries in the centre of Nick Redfern’s Weapons from the Gods, which argues that lots of ancient civilizations cracked the secrets of the atom, only to end up being the victims of its awesome, terrifying power. Where may be the proof? The answer can be shockingly simple: it’s just about everywhere. It’s just a matter of knowing where to look for it, from the biblical metropolitan areas of Sodom and Gomorrah as well as the historic Pakistani culture of Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan, towards the Lonar Crater in India and the revelations in the Ramayana and Mahabharata, two ancient Sanskrit text messages that explain nuclear warfare a large number of years ago.